With Maleficent coming out this question occurred to me. DC has Faust and Morgana La Fay, Circe, Talia, and marvel has their own version of Morgana Le Fay and a few others, but when I think of evil magical users in comics I think mostly of the ma
I always loved the minor heroes and villains like the Elongated Man, the Swordsman, Hourman, et al. Even characters who appeared only once or twice can be interesting. Certainly there can be untapped potential as well. These are some I always had a s
One of my favorite books growing up in the 70s was The Defenders with their seemingly mismatched yet powerful though hardly stable roster. But it was clear that they won because of the leadership and mystic prowess of DOCTOR STRANGE and the sheer pow
Feldstein: The MAD Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein!
Grant Geissman
IDW (2013) $49.99
The history of E.C. Comics is inextricably bound to Al Feldstein’s career: first as artist, then writer, and finally as longtime editor of MAD magazine. T
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: They’ve solicited a volume of Ms. Marvel for October release. There are a whole lot of volumes of current series I’d rather see than jumping so far into the seventies.
Welcome to another edition of the world-famous* Captain Comics Comics Guide! It's another big week, as manga has made a comeback and a number of publishers are shipping first issues. The bad news: There's something amiss with Archie. But we'll get to
Al Feldstein, the writer/editor who helmed EC's famous horror titles and took MAD magazines to its greatest circulation, has died at age 88. A titan has passed.
This graphic novel tells the history of “The Turk,” the mechanical chess player of the 18th and 19th centuries. It has been serialized online over the course of six years, and has finally been collected in printed form. The story itself is true, but
Here's a thread to let people know of upcoming and recently released comics that can be picked up and enjoyed, no strings attached, with nothing more to buy, ever! No salesman will visit your home!
The first alert goes to Superman/Batman #10 (on sal
So, Marvel provides a digital code with all of its $3.99 books. DC also sells certain books as a print/digital combo pack. There's no reason we shouldn't be sharing these, and getting twice the comics for our money!
I remember him best for his role in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, although I know he had a long and varied career. I especially remember him as being one of the few British actors to be able to do a convincing American accent.
Can anyone remember what issue of the comics that was based on? For Free Comic Book day I think my LCS is going to have a sale on back issues and I'd like to keep an eye out for it.
Still remember it as one of the more brutal fights Diana ever
I picked up a bunch of comics at the Asbury Park Comicon today, including a handful of the Charlton kung-fu series Yang. When I was looking on the GCD to see how long the series ran, I discovered something interesting. The original 1973 series ran 13
1)Another story where only one episode is available - in this case, the first episode. It's quite eerie and atmospheric, what there is of it. Supposedly, the Yeti were altered to make them less cuddly than they were in "The Abominable Snowmen", but
